WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The domed top is decorated with nine cranes in flight amidst clouds, peaches, lingzhi and auspicious emblems. The sides are decorated with shaped panels each containing two cranes and a peach set on a diaper ground.
10 7/8 in. (24.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Christie's London, 11 July 1977, lot 108.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.

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Lot Essay

A related Wanli-marked example is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 35 - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 109. Other examples are illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, fig. 732; one from the Toguri Collection, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 103, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 43.

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